Tag: Society of States

  • Executive Power

    The Legal History of Executive Power This section provides an overview of Executive Power in an historical perspective. Absence of Any Executive Power Lassa Oppenheim, in the book entitled The Future of International Law, about Absence of Any Executive Power, wrote in 1921: This […]

  • State

    Political Theory: The State Introduction to State The central concern of political theorists throughout history has been the theory of the state. Plato contributed to the founding of this theory in his discourse the Republic, which attempted to reconcile moral theory and political practice by […]

  • Hague Peace Conferences

    The Hague Peace Conferences as a Permanent Institution Lassa Oppenheim, in the book entitled The Future of International Law, about The Hague Peace Conferences as a Permanent Institution, wrote in 1921: 10. Lastly, it is noteworthy that in the Final Act of the second Hague Conference a […]

  • Hague Peace Conferences

    The Hague Peace Conferences as a Permanent Institution Lassa Oppenheim, in the book entitled The Future of International Law, about The Hague Peace Conferences as a Permanent Institution, wrote in 1921: 10. Lastly, it is noteworthy that in the Final Act of the second Hague Conference a […]

  • Equality

    Equality Before the Law in the CEDAW Article 15: of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) stipulates, in relation to Equality Before the Law, that all countries are required to ensure that women are given equality before the law. In particular, […]

  • Equality

    Equality Before the Law in the CEDAW Article 15: of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) stipulates, in relation to Equality Before the Law, that all countries are required to ensure that women are given equality before the law. In particular, […]

  • Permanent Court of Arbitration

    Introduction to Permanent Court of Arbitration Permanent Court of Arbitration, panel of arbitrators established by the Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes, signed by 24 nations at the first international peace conference at The Hague, the Netherlands, in 1899. The […]

  • Permanent Court of Arbitration

    Introduction to Permanent Court of Arbitration Permanent Court of Arbitration, panel of arbitrators established by the Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes, signed by 24 nations at the first international peace conference at The Hague, the Netherlands, in 1899. The […]

  • Family of Nations

    The Family of Nations is a Society Ruled by Law Although it Does Not as Yet Possess Special Organs Lassa Oppenheim, in the book entitled The Future of International Law, about The Family of Nations is a Society Ruled by Law Although it Does Not as Yet Possess Special Organs, wrote in 1921: 15. […]

  • Family of Nations

    The Family of Nations is a Society Ruled by Law Although it Does Not as Yet Possess Special Organs Lassa Oppenheim, in the book entitled The Future of International Law, about The Family of Nations is a Society Ruled by Law Although it Does Not as Yet Possess Special Organs, wrote in 1921: 15. […]

  • Sovereignty

    Legal Issues International treaties and conventions are, or should be, based on the presumption that all sovereign states are equal. This presumption forms the basis for the operation of the rules of conflict of laws.5 No country can directly enforce its domestic law within the territory of […]

  • Sovereignty

    Legal Issues International treaties and conventions are, or should be, based on the presumption that all sovereign states are equal. This presumption forms the basis for the operation of the rules of conflict of laws.5 No country can directly enforce its domestic law within the territory of […]

  • Pacificism

    Importance of Pacificism Lassa Oppenheim, in the book entitled The Future of International Law, about Importance of Pacificism, wrote in 1921: 21. It is here that the importance and value of the modern pacificist movement emerge with clearness. Wide circles are caught by this movement, even […]

  • Pacifist

    The Pacifists Ideal of an Organization of the Family of Nations Lassa Oppenheim, in the book entitled The Future of International Law, about The Pacifists Ideal of an Organization of the Family of Nations, wrote in 1921: 17. Hitherto, the demand for an organization of the international […]

  • World-state

    The World-state is Not Desirable Lassa Oppenheim, in the book entitled The Future of International Law, about The World-state is Not Desirable, wrote in 1921: 18. Whatever else can be urged against a universal federal state and the like, it is at the present day no longer a physical […]